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E. I. SMITH & CO.
KEEP ALL
SMITH & CO.
tHE one price
HOE STORE
(,[!(PAIR 6U1MNIEE0 1
. (’lavion Si. & ( ollcge, Ave.
mipiVlDUAL ENTERPRISE.
,„ r „„r i* Build three Railroad*
'^„„.W» tc imi*I' correspondent
' <'nir i*T night with Hon. James
' c: '.,h who is the largest farmer not
v., section, but the State of
’■! ,:1 ||e found Col. Smith in One
e' r S'*.j hopeful for the future of our
. of three railroads, and after a
‘nti^ti^ation of the subject, he is
►■'"‘ .eJ that they can be made to pay
‘ ' one r. The (list road will lead
* r> h, trai, known as Pleasant Hill,
'•* .t,, ii». It. K. about two miles be-
* l ie. This road will be only
and passes orer a eery
3 : r ’ n ,i fertile country. Col. Smith
" proposes to build two other line*,
hi, i miles long, verging off from
,»nt Hill, "ne ol these roads will
1( ’.lamelsville, the county site of
j Mr, and the other to Sandy Cross,
‘i thJ entre of Oglethorpe county.
pVi'.tir branch will penetrate through
aiemiid section of country, and con
1 ,p . f a ||j. one half of the freight of
r.'fthorp'e, betides taking a strip of
' m5 s from Wilkes county. These
p.'e roads will aggregate 27 milestone,
pdt-
can he all operated with one
;hng stock. It will be a narrow-
no w an assured fact that the
Velma ,V Northern U. H. will
..u-h Pleasant Hill, or very near
nt. so hr building these roads
[1, ail mike his town a c-unpct-
1 between two great rival sys
railroads, and there is no reason
should not enjoy the same
rates as larger cities
-timatos that he can bring to
!! ;i om,-tiling like 20.000 bales
ci a 1:111 illy, as that amount is
, ih.. country that will be pe e
, i 1 ,. so rail mails, lie has now
i: . 1 a niaginticent set of corn
.11 noils, a cotton seed oil mill.
gin loois*' in Georgia, a fer-
, ■: rv and other mac linery.
railroads arc completed he
' I'M a cotton compress and
the
best
FIFTY DOLLARS AND COST*
a Tiger—Tha Cm* Can
Had up.
Yesterday was the regular time set
apart by Hfa Honor, Mayor Hodgson,*
kaar two of the M blind tiger” cases.
The first case called was the city
against Doc Matthews for violating the
prohibition laws. This case was contin
ued on account of the absence of wit
nesses.
The neat case was against Eugene > f ‘U
Brydie, the barber, for the same offense, natne
r tndley, the detective, em
GOING TO CIRCULATE.
A Pa* a to tha ordinary for • Tot. oa
Pro. ltloa—A Talk With a Few Proml-
aan
Th is hardly any doubt but that a
petitj will be eiiculated in the next
day ■ two asking the ordinary to call
an ej tion on the prohibition question.
Ittal 1 a majority of the legal voters ot
the 1 inty to call the election, and then
equiaite number have signed their
an election will be held,
s beyond conjecture about the
s of this petition. We had a talk
r indley, the detective, employed by the
city to catch these “blind tigers" said I «0-_ _
postively that that he had bought whig- Several of the prominent business
kj rrom Brydie and had paid him for it ra *& kf the city yesterday and they all
after it waa delivered. Eugene in his ‘ “Oitdin saying that prohibition is success
hi
sre
n niv.' ever seen, and
...... 1. ih'i.g t" prevent thit
farmer from carry
big scheme. Colonel
... .firt.-d hf.* -since the war on less
iferi" hr "tied dollars and it is esti-
a ,., : . , i" lie is worth not less
: irt.T ot a million, every dollar
>f .hr 1 » i< wrested from the soil by
...I,. . ,v. anon of husbandry.
< Mioili is a man who has ex
:.'g"l it." word fail from his v.-.cabu-
makes a grand success of what-
h" or lertakes and there is nothing
■ • j r.-vi iil him from not only building
. ,-i - 1-. b it from making Pleasant
'.l.ti >p.dis that lie desires.
Mimh Ins secured an estimate
, . of budding and equipping this
El, - .even miles of railroad and he
l.i:. » n.ii exceed $3,U*> per mile.
I:,. .,1 i- to |.-uf bonds whon he has
of the road graded and ironed to
tea -i.'l! lent security.
-1. .1 riamly a wonderful eoter-
!'.■ tu be undertaken by a Geoigia
va-r. hut those who know the energy
: Junes M Smith confidently believar
g.i hr will carry io aur.ces his vast
He expects soon to put a corps
irgnii'irsin the field to locate the line
i*'i will grade the road with his hind
wind convicts during idle spells on
:• 'arm. As the projected road will
11s. orcr a comparatively level country
tt grading will be light and eaiy.
gem
statement said that Findley had got him
to send out after some whisky for him,
and had asked him to advance the
money and he (Findlay) would pay it
hack to him when he brought the whisky
to his room. 1
Captain W. B. Burnett appeared for
Brydie and made a vigorous speech. He
claimed that Findley had an interest in
the conviction, as he got $15 if the par
ties were convicted, and nothing if he
failed to make out a case. The mayor
fined Brydie $60 and coat. The case
will be carried up.
BETTER GOODS BROUGHT OUT.
During a visit of a prominent merchant
to our office yesterday wea.-ked him if
there had been any notable change dur
ing the last ten years in the style and
quality of goods that the Athens mer
chants bring on, •
He remarked, “a very great change;
that ten years ago he thought it extrav
agent to buy ribbon worth $1.50 a bolt
or 15 cents a yard.” lie lakea it as an
insult if the New York jobber should
offer him any such quality for hia best
trade. He now gives from $6 to $8 per
holt or from 50 to 80 cents per yard for
ribbons. *
Again in the matter of ready made
clothing the quality has advanced from
three to four dollars per suit to $8 and
$10. He attributes this difference to
various causes, first, the improved condi
tion of the country; he thinks there is
no question but that the country as a
whole is on a better financial basis than
any lime since the war. 2nd the class
of custom of the Athens trade has un
dergone more or less change. Formerly
the trading was done largely by wagons
and barter. The railroads have changed
all this, and the small stores that sprung
up every faw miles along their line now
catch this cheaper trad-, only the bet-
class coming to Athens.
and ac perfectly willing to let it stand
whtieitia. The merchants are all in a
prop Lous condition and everything looks
brifit.
m- ordinary, if the majority signs the
petition, will be compelled to order the
election but he has no right to causa
the u!e of it in the city of Athens even if
the county goes wet and the present
council w ill put such a license on that
will make it prohibitory, and the only re-
salt will be a few grog shops outside of
the corporate limits.
THE NEW HOTEL
A DIFFICULT OPERATION.
I-ast evening Doctors Gerdine, Low-
ranee, Doxiei and Messrs Orr, Mahoney
and Pope met in a room of the building
corner Hull and Clayton streets, where
Mrs. Myers keeps a boarding house, to
witness a verp difficult operation by Dr.
Von DonUoff. It was the resection of
the Fibula for central disease of that
bone, or in commcr. parlance the remov
al of about three inches of the smaller
and nntside bone of the leg just above
TIIK CHANCELLORSHIP.
t-li'.or Banner-Watchman: What
Unties of the day has attracted more
I ini', von and taken a stronger hold upon
ms mis and hearts of those interested
mi* I'niversily than “Who shall the
fhteellor be?” The question is one
verthy of the deepest'snd most prayer-
cosMderation, since upon its decis-
*1 gepeiitls the welfare add perhaps the
•nr existence of the grand old Universi
ty of (irorgia.
X ’■ that the time for its decision is
10 mtr, we think it not out of place to
u!i attention to some passages of Scrip-
are, lest a leo ardent zeal to push young
stn forward may lead to the fatal mis-
'■or made by Kehoboam in 1 Kings, 12th
tltpier, w lo re, by "forsaking the coun
«i of the old man, the young and mighty
ten sf valor, lost hig kingdom. But he
fvnook the counsel 01 the old men,
•hth they had given him, and consult
'd wish the young men that were grown
ip with him, and which stood before
*:»•—! Knurs, xii:8.
Ktpenence is acknowledged as th#
Marker: then would it not be better
a conp to "the old fossil" already nieuld-
H '3 cli,racier, and take the advice of
' i f' .'iis' in regard to matters of
n a tiu. importance, rather than en-
J.'tthnn tj those whom age and ex-
f-em-r have not fiitted for the charge
~r multitude of years should teach
* shorn. ’
?:'.ce the responsible position of
fitscelloi is one which "confers digni-
? “ the man,” let the man be one whom
ire. wisdom, goodness and years
enabled to "confer dignity on the
T nen, with such propelling
opposiiion and calumny Will in
'end the air with their cries, and
'p. lower for awhile like the Alps;
he d-ar old alma mater, founded
! *r»a-o in the dust of humility, will
•r to we their verj heads laid forever
ike ... pulchre of oblivion.
Amccs.
Hie Demand for It Growing; Every Day—
Tha Certainty of Ita Being llultt.
Every hour the pressing need ofa fine
hotel (or Athens forces itself upon the
consideration of those concerned in the
growth of our city. It is on every one's
tongue, snd the sentiment is unanimous
that a handsome inn would add more to
our city than any other possible im
provement. Now that er.-ry one is so
profondly impressed with the idea that
.ve ought to have a hotel, we feel satis
fied that it is merely a question of time
as to it. being built. Athens is grow
ing. l’ri'perty is advancing and a hotel
that might not p»y a large rtvenue next
year, would be a magnificent investment
in five years. In tha' time it would add
immensely to our business and the value
of property all over town. It ought to
be built, and will before many months.
MR. FINDLEY ENDORSED.
Gainesville, llall county, Feb. 13th,
1888.—We, the undersigned citizens of
said county, take pleasure in saying that
we have known the bearer. Mr. John M.
Findiev for a number of years, during
which time we have ever found him to
be an honest, sober, truthful gentleman,
and so take pleasure in recommending
him to all whom it may concern.
A Rudolph, ordinary,
A R Smith, CSC,
Howard Thompson, Sol Gen.
Thos M tlanie. Chief of Police,
Warren II Campbell.clerk council,
Jas B Gaston, U S C C Com.,
Jno T Wilson, RTIt and CSC
Jaa F Duckett, Sheriff,
W U Cobb, attorney at law,
Geo K Looper, lawyer.
BYTELECRAPH-
Walloce Ross, the American oarsman,
won the race for championship of tha
world and $1.000asideover Geo.Bubear,
the English champion,-yesterday, on the
Thames.
The officers of the bark Abby, which
has just arrived at Philadelphia from the
Phillipine Islands, reports having found
a party of savages of immense size on
their voyage.
In declining to allow his name to go
before the board of trustees for the
Chancellorship, Gen. Jackson writes:
“Even were the positisn more attractive
to me personally, no personal considera
tions would induce me to accept it. Per
sonal considerations did not induce me
to accept it during the decade between,
fifty and sixty, and I am sure that neith
er yourself nor any one of my friends
will think the less of me if personal con
siderations fa 1 to induce me to accept it
no w, when thirty years of the prime of
my life are gone, and my qualifications
for the office era certainly no greater.
At a fire in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday
morning, at 5.40 a, m. $3,000 worth of
property was consumed. Flames new
under control.
10,000 people gave a grand ovation to
Ex-Lord Mayor Sullivan and \Vm.
O’Brien, M. P., on their arrival in Lon
don yesterday. The distinguished Irish
patriots were' hesrt.ly cheered and will
be tendered a reception by English lib
erals snd radicals.
It has been discovered that Mayor
Uenittand other prominent New York-
ers are members ofa gigantic steelbeams
trust th»t clears about a million a 'year
above legitimate profits. The work
ing of steel and iron beams
GENERAL NEWS.
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
TALK ABOUT PEOPLE.
The Y. M. C. A. Fund Nearly Complete.
There now remains only $500 to be
---- — - — e j— -—-- mere now remains oniy to o
the ankle. The operation was performed | , ubscri bed to complete the Y. M. C. A
on Mr. Wm. T. Mahoney who lives a
few miles in the country. The trouble
erose from chronic inflammation the flesh
being first affected and the bine later,
through sympathy. Chloroform was of
course administered and the patient was
kept under its influence for some time aa
the operation was tedious and difficult,
the bone being in a frighfully diseased
condition. The skilled surgeon used his
blade and instruments generally with
perfect ease and great dexterity. The
hemorrhage was so great as to necessi
tate ligation of the great artery of the
thigh before it could be checked. It
waa all accomplished satisfactorily how
ever and now Mr. Mahoney will have
seme use of the leg which has been so
long a source of pain and annoyance, he
having to use crutches.
Fund to commence work. Let every bov
and girl in town now hand in their names
makes no difference how Bmall the
amount is. The Association wants all the
citizens represented and interested in
the great work. A11 who have not sub
scribed! should do so at once and not do-
lay. The fund now stands:
Amoun((already published $9,433 00
H L Cranford 25 00
Steven,' Thomas, jr., (addi-
ional) 20 00
KteiA & Martin 20 00
Clarence Bishop 2 00
THF NORTHEASTERN EXTENSION.
Judge W. B. Thomas was on a visit to
tho city yesterday, and spoke most en
couragingly of the completion of his
road to Knoxville within a reasonable
time. Judge Thomas has decidedly bet
ter backing than Col. Machenhad 'when
he began the building of the Macon &
Athens and yet that read is now a cer
tainty. The Judge is not inclined to
show his whole hand, but assures us
that capital is at his back, and it is well
known that he is full to overflowing
with enthusiasm, vim snd enterprise.
He has entered to win, and in
pushing this great scheme through he
will cap his already great achievements
for the good and development of Athena.
It is just such men as Judgo Thomas
that make a town and every possible en-
conragement should he given him. The
building of this road will go far in re
turning tha mountain trade which we
once ha<l, it will give us cheaper coa
and in every way contribute to the build
ing up of Athens. We wish him all sue
cess and share in the belief that by sum
mer he will have men at work grading
around Tallulah Falls. Ha tells us
thaj with the ezeeptinn of some
fjve miles around the Falla the
read will pass over a beautiful bed and
can ba built at less than average cosL
This is no wild surmise, but the whole
has been brought to figures. There is
only about 130 miles to be built In
the route he will tap and pass over, for a
few miles, two other roads, on the latter
of which he will go into the coming city
of the West
GOOD TEMPLARS.
The activity among the Good Tem-
>lars of the state is very apparent New
odges are being organized very rapidly
and the lodge membership increasing at
great rate.
Augusta has two new lodges. Macon
ill institute next week; the outfit has
already been forwarded from the grand
secretary's office. The lodge at Marys
ville, Jackson county, and Washington,
Wilkes county, have been reorganized
with exceedingly bright prospecta.
The following taken from the grand
secretary’s official circular^to subordi
nate lodge will give aa idea of the feeling
of that officer in relation to the election
in Fulton county.
Solicitor General.—There will be a
lively contest in this judicial circuit next
fall for the Solicitor Generalship. Mr.
E T Brown, the present incumbent, will
be in the race and has a strong following.
Col. A. L. Mitchell, who filled the place
for a number of years will also announce.
Hon. R B RusselL the representative
from Clarke county, has entered the race
and is working hard for the position.
There are other young lawyers in the
circuit that would like to have the place
and we may expect more than these
three before the election. All three of
the candidates are well known through
out the State and will make a lively
race.
0F.ll lUilA's great farmer.
niton. .lames M. Smith, of Oglathorpa
County, Is Doing.
■! 'imith still has a great deal of
l'>3 on hand unsold, and he still
five gins al work. He will this year
" more t!i,n 1,500 bales,
lol. Smith hm made a contract with
V»t Morton, a carpenter, to put him
dir largest barn ever built in Geor
1: will three stories high, 40x500
t snd hare a 25 foot shed all around
1 he bar:, will be built on hia prea-
11 horse lot.
XH 1'siien, a very clever gentleman,
Hie employ of Col. Smith, had the
fort one last Saturday afternoon of
U, 'S his arm broken by having it
fl*i m a belt. It was r.et by Dr. Car-
• XI r. 1'atten suffered a great deal.
‘ he health of Col. Smith’s eonvieta
never better than at thia time. They
much better fed,clothed and treated
»the average free laborer.
ul - Smith haa done a great deal of
I'mg on hia bottoms this year, but
1 continua the work at all leisure
"• until all of hia low grounds are
‘erted from overflows,
is indeed a treat to tha ey# daring
meek season to look upon the green
_s ‘round Pleasant Hill. Col. Smith
31 * 1 acres planted in barley, and some
'» half a leg high.
»e engine operates at the tame time
> Smith's corn, wheat and oil mills,
xleu live of the largest aixe cotton
U is certainly a treat to visit
“nt Hill at thii time and look upon
portent enterprises in operation.
AN ATTEMPTED ASSASINATION-
A Crawford Merchant Shot at by aa Assas
sin or Burglar.
Crawford was yesterday evening the
scene of a bold attempt either to kill or
burglarize a store. Mr. Dare Arnold, a
prominent merchant of that place, intend
ed to come to Athena on the fast train,
and just before it reached Crawford be
went in his store with Mr. Walter Wise
to ge(, something out of the safe, and
while attempting to woik the combina
tion of the same, some one concealed in
the store fired a pistol at Mr. Arnold,
the ball passing vary close to his head
Messrs. Arnold and Wise rushed ou tof the
store and havinr some very urgent busi
ness in Athens, he boarded the train and
came on to Athens Mr. Wise was left
with a posse of citizens to watch the
store and catch tha burglar or assassin,
and it is to be hoped that he will be cap
tured. Mr. Arnold left in such a hurry
that hedaesnot know whether he turned
off the combination of his safe or noL
*k's Ciiaik Factobt.—Coropara-
' f«w people know that at the old
I factory, in Oconee county, Dsvid
J* kes * chair factory that it now in
blast snd making about twe dozen
^ » day, and the beat part of it all
•7 »re made o. k. in every point.
“I talking to Mr. Hodge the ether
■Jd looking at hia machinery and
ke of chairs he showed me e chair
1 m»de in 1852 that is now perfect
“ P»rticular, and, by the way, he
worked at one time in a chair
with Cap-. Hutchias, tha now
1 snablejcond ictor on tho Ga. B. R.
L«hairs can be bought low down
Tu OtrnANS’ Hone. — Mr. Andy
Coleman returned from Washington,
Wilkes ceonty, yesterday, where he had
E ine to get a boy from the Orphans’
nine at that place. Mr. Coleman brought
with him a bright hoy of 14 yean and
will ketp him until he is of age. The
Orphans’ Home could not have put him
in better hands as oar fnend Coleman
will turn him leose on the world fully
equipped for business. Mr. Coleman
is loud in hia praise of tho management
of the Home and tha people ol Wash
iegton.
Can’t Stand Them.—A prominent
boarding hoosa keeper said yesterday
that be was tired of boarding students
and would nuit the first of March if ba
perished. He sara a good young etu
dent that has not been broken it on the
same order of a Texas mule—you never
know whst they ore going to do. They
come down the chimney if they can gat
in no other way. He hadn’t slept s wink
in a week, and. is. thoroughly d'sgusted
with boarding students.
aMpsovbhbnts Goino on.—Princeton
factory is making tome decided improve,
meets both in machinery end the houses
for tbo operatives. Everything is look
ing bright about tha factory and they
are running along in good stylo.
$9,500 00
cost but little more than steel
rails, hut by limiting the production the
trust has forced the price to about dou
bio that of rails.
Colonel Buck has issued a call for the
Republican Rti te Central committee to
meet in Atlanta on the 25th inst.
The jury in the case of Woodward, of
the Working World can’t ag:ec.
Captain (.'rim, of the the Atlanta po
lice force, has resigned.
The crowu prince passed a restless
night, but is sleeping soundly this morn
ing. The patient is free from fever and
no bad symptoms of the throat have been
noticed.
The members of the Benevolent Pro
tective Order of Elks are excited over
the statement that a shortage of about
$0,000 has been discoverd in the ac
counts of their treasurer, David B. Hill,
of Philadelphia.
Lee Furth. a farmer living near Xenia,
Ohio, recently separated from his wife,
ami the latter returned to her relatives.
Yesterday he met h s wife on the road
toher home, in company with her sis
ter, attacked and overpowered her and
deliberately cut her throat with a razor.
An experimental shipment of two car
loads of short horn cattle and merino
sheep was .nsde from Springfield, Ind.,
yesterday to Buenos Ayers. South Araer
ica, by ’ the North American Live Stock
Breeders’ and Exporters' Association of
this city. They go by way of Newport
News, Va.
At Kansas City, Mo., Wm. Knox,
aged 25 years, took summary vengeance
on Hamah King, yesterday, for her re
fusal to marry him. lie caught the
girl at the Cent opolis Ho'el, and hold
ing her with one hand poured a bottle of
strong ammonia into her eyes. Knox
has thus far escaped arrest.
The London daily News says yester
day’s proceedings in the house of com
mons ought to give coercion a death
blow. The cause of Ireland, it declares,
will be won upon English platforms and
in Irish jails; but peace depends upon
“ ” ferataf
Representative of all leading wagon
factories in the mouth -are In secret sea
sion at Chattanooga.
Miss Lizzie Poullain has been removed
from the telegraph office in Gainesville,
and the town is indignanL
A bale of hides was received by the
Savannah, Florida and Western railway
by Mr. H. T. Henderson. It was ship
ped from Geneva, Ala. On examination
of the bale a snake was found coiled up
in the middle of the bale.
The gnano factory and oil mill at
Americus are rnnnlng night and day.
and then it is ail they can do to ’flu the
orders that coma in. Forty hands sre
now employed snd more wanted. The
weekly pay roll amounts to over $300.
There sre twenty-one national banks
Georgia. The total capital embarked
in National banking entetprises in Geor
gia at present is $3,050,529, an increase
of over $300,000 wfthin a year. They
have a surplus f und amounting to $951,
731, and hold as nndivided profits $513,-
000.
A young lady of Newton county in
formed the Star a few days ago thtt she
0 >uld bring down a hawk with a good
rifle at every shot, off hand, whenever
they troubled her chickens. She also
informed us she could clip a button from
a man's coat at every shot with her little
pistol at a distance of of ten steps.
Messrs. Hqpkin., D‘-*pht & Co, of
New York, sent MessrJ Gaiadner & Ar
nolds check for $100 for the new church
last week, and Messrs M & J Hirsch, of
Atlanta, sent them a check for $25 for
the same purpose. Su 'h favors from
friends at a distance are very highly ap
preciated, and these gentlemen will ever
be kindly remembered by the Methodist
denomination here.—Elberton Gazette.
There wzs an examination in the
Tombs police court in the case of Rich
ard K. Fox, wno was charged with par
ticipating in arrangements for a prize
fight b. tween Patrick Farley and Tom
Doris. It was not shown that Fox knew
anything about the fight or was present
when the arrangements for it were made.
Besides, there was no evidence that the
alleged fight was to be only a private
glove contesL The accused was dis
charged.
The Independent Presbyterian church,
through a eommitte of members, is about
to issue a pamphlet containing a copy of
the church grant and charter and the
various sets of the Legislature relative
to tho church, a brief historical sketch of
the church, the form of admission, its
constitution snd government, rules and
by-laws, a list of pastors and elders,
with dates, a chronological list of mem
bers arranged alphabetically, and also a
chronological list of the trustees, and an
alphabetical list of members with their
residences.
The company owning the artesian
well on Commerce street, Albany, ex
pended about $20,000. There are six in
the company, all otwhom have a main
through which they receive and abund
ant supply of pure water, and about 12
other residences aro supplied at present
from the well, for which about $250 in
come is received. There will be several
more families supplied with water from
this well, and it is not improbable that
the income will eventually prove more
Too Much Clearing.—A great deal
of clearing is going on all around Ath
ens. Everywhere piles of wood can be
seen. In many places the timber is be
ing slaughtered on land that will not
produce enough to supply the ground
rats that inhabit it Besides being poor
it is often so rugged that a mule would
be kept in a constant effort to hold its
footing. It is most injudicious to clear
such land. There is no objection to thin
ning out the trees for sake of getting
wood, I ut to clear it completely is un
wise. By thinning out the pines, oak,
dogwood and hickory will sooner or lat
er; replace them, but by skinning [it,
trees, soil and all will soon be gone.
tbe lailh ol lnstimen^n 1 tri?^nglt
Australia now exports oranges to Eng*
land.
But twelve Indians of a tribe of 1,000
are left in tbe Yooemite valley.
The Swiss government has decided to
restore the castle of Chfllon, on Lake
Leman, and convert it into a national
museum.
Kentucky's state house must bo a de
lightful mansion in winter. It is heated
throughout by wood fires in old fashioned
open fireplaces.
A gentleman living near Winterville,
Ga., broke the knob off one of his doors,
and for the want of something better
put on a coffin handle in its place. There
is not a negro in tho county who will
open tbe door.
There is a prospect that Talleyrand’s
memoirs will appear this year. The
papers aro ready for the printer, but the
period of delay—twenty years—does not
expire until May. Tim original manu
script is in England.
The city of Paris derives a large in
come from a tax on gas companies, and
the city now proposes to erect electric
stations and supply electric light to
private citizens, and to use it on public
wavs as far as may be desirable.
A Chinese woman, who kidnaped two
married women at Shanghai and took
them to San Francisco, where they were
sold, on returning to Shanghai was ar
rested and broken on the wheel. After
two days of fearful agony she died.
The district messenger boys of New
York city wear flannel shirts, with.roll-
ing collars, which can be turned up about
tho wearer's ears. In these collars are
little pockets, fitting the ears, and pro
tecting them from Jack Frost's attacks.
An Alleghany woman, who took to her
bed twenty-one years ago because she
thought she was ill, and remained there,
declaring that she was suffering from a
complication of diseases, was persuaded
to arise and walk about the room the
other day. The novel experience seemed
so pleasant to her that sho has decided to
leave her bed for good.
The secretary of state for war in Eng
land announces that he is prepared to re
ceive tenders for trollies, rails, trucks,
vertical boilers, ballast wagons, fish
plates, chairs, bolts, washers and other
strangely named things, which formed
part of the famous railway which began
at Suakim. known as the Suakim and
Berber railway, and never got to its des
tination .during the war against tbe
mahdi.
Keeping W*rm by Force of Will.
A young acquaintance of mine pro
fesses to liave made a great, though acci
dental, discovery during the late cold
spell. By some misfortune he was de
prived for two days of his winter over
coat, while it was in the hands of a reno
vator (this is not a euphemism for a
pawnbroker, nor yet does it mean tailor.)
I believe that he has 10 ulster, and what
had becomo of his thin overcoat I don’t
know. Perhaps it is a trifle shabby, and
he was too foolishly proud to use it. At
all events, during these two days he wore
no overcoat, but ho tells me that ho kept
warm through 6heer force of will. By
means of some subtle action of mind
Personal Paragraphs and Bits of Goalp
Clipped from the Newspapers.
Oscar Wilde is of the opinion that the
Twentieth century will see intellectual
development all in the hands of women;
GEN. 6. M. MITCH EL.
A Soldier Speaks After a Quarter of a-
Century of Silence.
Mr, F. A. Mitehel, son of Gen. Ormsby
McKnlght Mitehel, has Just published; a,
Extra Billy" Smith’s daughter has hlstory of his /her, whi^h
r> riven thn rirtit hv tho Virginia lee- I what startling Ught on tjvooirthree da^k.
places in the records of: the summer
of 1862. As statements merely they
been given the right by the Virginia leg
islature ot placing tho state seal on the
monument over her father's grave.
Professor Van Benschoten of Wesleyan
university owns one of the rarest gems
of Greek pottery in existence. It is an
Athenian vase which was made 1,000
B; C.
Tho present queen regent of Spain,
Christina of Spam, has never been able
to endure the final and bloody spectacle
of the bull fights, but attends the earlier
of the brutal show.
upon body, which he finds it difficult to
analyze, he forced his blood to circulate
than 12 per cent., besides' furnishing and his skin to retain its warmth in a
free or cost each of the members ol the degree quite sufficient to make up for the
company. ; want of an extra covering. I liave no
“ 3 " 1 doubt that there is quit© as much in thia
Queen Victoria dislikes tho electric
light and refuses to have it in her
palaces. She has at length permitted one
of the royal yachts to be fitted with elec
tric lamps, except her sleeping cabin and
Ion.
Mme. Gcrster, whose recent failure in
opera created a sensation in musical cir
cles, is now living with her brother. Dr.
Gerster, in New York, where she is un
dergoing treatment in the hope of recov
ering her voice.
John Brown, of New York, has been
the tailor of every president since Andrew
Johnson’s time, and stiU his shears go
marching on. He recently spent three
hours with President Cleveland and took
orders for seven suits.
Henry Fielding Dickens, son of tho
late Charles Dickens, the novelist, is a
lawyer who has a high reputation for
wit and eloquence in the London courts.
He is clever in cross examinations and
epigrammatic in his oratory.
The queen of Portugal is an accom
plished potter. When staying at the sea
side last year sho constantly visited an
important factory close by and was so
interested that she took lessons in the
whole process of manufacture.
Probably the richest woman in New
England is Mrs. William Gammell. of
Providenee, whose fortune is estimated
at from $12,000,000 to $20,000,000. The
foundation of it was laid in the days
when Boston's East India trade was in
its glory.
Charley Hawkins of Americus, Ga..
has recently been experimenting in rat
raising, and by caging the common black
rat with a number of white ones, lias
produced an entirely new breed of ro
dents. From the center of the body back
they are perfectly white, while the head
and shoulders are black, like the common
rat. They aro very gentle and run about
at will all over the town.
Dr. O. W. Holmes is one of the familiar
figures on the Boston thoroughfares. His
genial face and rotund form are recog
nized by most of those he meets, and
even though they may never have been
formaUy presented to him, they recognize
him with a bow as he passes by. It may
not bo generally known that Dr. Holmes’
amiabie wife is still his faithful counselor
and friend. She is not in the best of
health, so she did not accompany him to
England last year, but she is far from be
ing an invalid. Mrs. Holmes is one of
tho dearest of old ladies, and she is al
ways on hand in tho Beacon street home
to welcome the many visitors who come
to pay their respects to her distinguished
and popular husband.
wpnld, perhaps, deserve no more notice
than the surmises put forth at the time tjy
many newspaper writers; but they are
confirmed by letters of Gen. Mitehel, writ
ten at the time. And other documents npt
hlthesto published. They let some rather
ugly skeletons ont of tho national closet,
and it may bo predicted with certainty
that when the pubfio algdl havo read this
book thero wiil bo a period of lively at
tack and defense among tho respecti v e
friends ot Halleck, Buell, Grant and
Mitehel. The truth is that the American
people do not yet understand tho peculiar
movements of the summer and early
autmnn of 1862. That the Federal
THE CONGRESSMEN AT WORK.
Cox MUNiCATioos.—<Vo are always
glad to receive communications from
any aource and it is hoped that our
Irienda will never feel any hesitancy in
expressing themselves in our columns
whenever so inclined. Though perhaps
differing often in sentiment it is never
our desire to present but one side of a
location of public weal. It is only by a
rair discussion we can arrive at the truth
Besides men are in different lines and
have varying waya of expression. It
will be an appreciative courtesy to both
paper and readers for all who feel in
clined to aid us in our efforts in behalf
qf the public welfare.
Planting Trees.—Now that the au
thorities have about rid our streets of
tho miserable old trunk* that lined them
it is time that they should move to re
place them with young trees. It is not
necessary that the treas to be planted
should be very small. A tree of good
aixe, well trimmed, will bear transplant
ing and yield (hade very much cooner
than a aappling. By all meant have an
experienced peraon in charge of the
planting, elae nine out of every ten will
die.
Lost a Horse.—Mr. J. H. Doraey has
certainly had hia full share of trials, for
in the last two years ha haa lost over
$3,000 worth of stock. Last Sunday he
returned from Crawfprd to learn that ene
of hia omnibus horses was dead. There
are few men hut would have given up
under such a load of misfortune. Mr.
Doraey is a sober, moral and industrious
man, and certainly deserves the sympa
thy sad assistance of our people.
^A Blind Tiobn.—Deputy Marshal
Knox, of Leaington, yesterday passed
through Athena with a negro arrested in
Oglethorpe county, and charged with
selling liquor.
ocracy. Other papers make no com
ment on the proceedings.
The New York Sun of yesterday
morning says, editorially; “Mr. Blaine’s
withdrawal Irom the canvass is unques
tionable sincere and decisive. He is
positively snd finally out of the race.
Mr. ^ mine is a sincere person and de
ception on such a subject is not merely
below his dignity, it is contrary to his
habit.”
A terrible accident occurred at 9:45 a.
m., in Brooklyn, New York, on the line
of the elevated railroad, which is now
being built on Broadway, in the eastern
district. A steam engine used in hoist-
ing the girders fell on top of a Reid ave
nue horse car passing at the rime. The
car was filled with people on their way
to the ferry, and a woman, her child, the
driver of the car, a tow boy, a young la
dy and two men were killed. Three
horses were also caught under the falling
derrick and killed.
A conference in relation to the Read
ing miner’s strike was held between
Master Workman M. T. Lewis, of tbe
miners national trade assembly 135 on
the one side, and Vice President McLeod
of the Reading Railroad company, and
President Keim, of the Reading Coal and
Iron company on the other, looking to
an amicable and possible termination of
the great strike. A preliminary under
standing was arrived at, which it is hoped
will form the basis of future negotiations
and lead to a speedy settlement of the
strike. The causes leading to a cessa
tion of work by the minere were fully
explained by Mr. Lewis, and certain
facte were brought to thcnoticecf M’Leod
and Keini, which bad not been fully re
alized.
Frank Nelson, a farmer, sentenced
three years ago Irom Lawrenceburg, Ind.,
for assault upon Martha Shears, a neigh,
bor’s daughter, to twenty-one years in
the penitentiary, is innocent George
Levi, sent recently from Rash county for
one year for larceny, before the warden
on Mondav, swore to tho following: “I
committed the crime for which Frank
Nelson is serving a 21 years’ sentence.”
He then gives the details of the assault
and continues: ‘ Now 1 will plead guil
ty and pay the penalty for my own
wickedness. 1 haven’t had a moment’s
E eace since I have been here and seen
im day after day, doing|his work. After
listening to the chsplain’ssermon on Sun
day, I decided to tell the truth.”
A disastrous fire broke out in Mon
treal, Canada, shortly before midnight in
a large building on St. Paul street, occu
pied by Guslon & Farr, hardware mer
chants. The whole block was burned.
The loss will be about $300,000.
R. R. Locke, (Petroleum V. Nasbj) of
Tolado, Ohio, died at 6:35 yesterday
morning.
for the appropriation of $100,000 to erect
a public building at Rome. While it has
no United States Court a handsome
buildiug, he claims, is needed for the
post-office.
Mr. Carlton will to-morrow introduce
a bill fora like public building at the
same cost in Athens. He will also intro
duce a bill asking for an appropriation
sufficient to allow tha engineer to sur
vey and make an estimate of the amount
needed to make the Savannah river nav
igable acove Augusta as far up as Ander-
sonville, S. C. He will also ask tho river
and harbor committee to-morrow for an
appropriation sufficient to complete the
work en the Oconee river as far op as
Scull shoal. He has written to get the
engineer’s estimate of tbe amounf need
ed.
Carl torn Doing HU Best for This Section.
The Washington correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution gives the following
which shows what Congressman Carlton
is doing:
■fr:
as there is in tho mind cure, and I sup
pose it is partly in reliance upon this
psychological process (and partly, I un
derstand, by the aid of surreptitious
waistcoats and the like) that certain of
our young men surprise tho world by
discarding overcoats.—Boston Post.
THE BOSTON STARS.
The concert given by the Boston Stare
on Tuesday evening, though in every
respect an improvement on the other en
tertainments heretofore proffered the
public, left much to be wished for in a
critical sense.
Mr. Emerson exemplifies great skill in
the cornet renditions, but suggests rather
than equals either Levi or Liberati. In
the middle and higher registers Mr,
Emerson’s notes are sweet and clear.
They lack both these qualities in the
stacato and lower tones.
Mrs. Emerson’s song was in full, perfect
notes, and she gave additional charms to
her selections hy her apt mimic. She, as
well as Mr. E_, was enebored frequently,
and evidently genuinely delighted the
fashionable audience in attendance.
The readings of Miss Brown were, in
some respects spirited and life-like—es
pecially the humorous ones—but her
presentation of “Ben Hur” leaves very
much to be desired in the mitter of prun
ing away its rather forensic style. The
selection was by far the most difficult
one essayed. Miss B. will master it only
when she has learned that a “narration”
of that kiud does not involve the elocu
tion (?) of the stump speaKer.
Mr. King, the pianist, was passable.
A Kingston man, who keeps a horse,
takes a ride every morning before he
goes to work. The only drawback is,
the horso must he fed and watered before
the ride can be taken. Heretofore the
man has been forced to get up at on early
hour, go to tho bam some distance away,
to care for tho horse. Lately he has ar
ranged a bin and hopper, containing oats,
over the feed box, which can be operated
by a touch of a door knob on tho wall a
few inches from the head of his bed.
An arrangement is also made for let
ting on water in the pail, by which the
horse is watered. When the man wakes
up in the morning, at that time when he
feels that a second nap would be a great
blessing, he pulls the knob, which turns
on the oats and water, and then quietly
ties back on his pillow and goes to sleep.
Somo would call this man lazy, but
others would say ho was an ingenious in
dividual.—Kingston Freeman.
Tropical Agrlcnlturc.
In order to encourage the youth of the
island of Jamaica in the study of the
first principles of agriculture as applic
able to their climate and soil, the govern
ment of that island has offered a pre
mium of $500 for the production of the
best text book, elementary in plan, em
bracing simplicity, brevity and freedom
from technical. terms. It is to bo a
manual calculated to create in tho minds
of the youth early and intelligent interest
in the soil, and in the profitable cultiva
tion of products that will command a
ready homo or foreign market. Tho
work must be eminently practical, and
entirely free from untried or doubtful
theories.—American Agriculturist.
“ BLIND TIGERS '
Arrest of Tho WMtebead Roys In Jackson
Coast*.
It will be rem^M^^R that fer some
time past sevej^netnbers of the White-
head family have been accused of retail
ing liquor around Athens.
A few months since Deputy Collector
Gantt captured two of them near the
Rock College, together with three jags of
liquor, but as he was not satisfied that
he had sufficient evidence to convict, no
prosecution was made.
Several days since, however. Deputy
-1 arshal Hunt, of Jefferson, made a de
scent upon the Whiteheads in that town.
One of them was arrested but managed
to escape. Mr. Hunt carried his prison* >
to Gainesville; where he had a hearing
before Commissioner Gaston and was
turned loose. It is also reported that
these men are running an illicit still juat
a cross tha Clarke county line in Jack-
son. Mr. Gantt says he has searched
over that county several times, hot can
see no sign of any stilL The White-
head’s gay they buy all the liquor they
nsaia Madison county, and they doubt
less speak the truth.
niRBOST GROVE.
Harxont Grove, Feb. 13.—Mr L B
Johnson, of Nicholson, is !h town this
morning.
Col J M Merritt, of MayaviUe, was
here yesterday.
There will he a ball at the Central Ho
tel, to-marrow night Those who love
to “tip the light fantaatio toe" are antici
pating apleasant time.
Capt W B Burnett, Major Lamar Cobb
and Cols George Dudley Thomas and
Andrew J Cobb came orer from Jeffer
son Saturday, and took the 3 o’clock
train for Athena.
Dr W B J Hardman preached an ex
cellent sermon at the Baptist church yes
terday morning which was graatiy enjoy-
edby hia hearer*.
Our Congressman at Walk.
The Washington correspondent of the
g aeon Telegraph in apealting of Con-
r essman Carlton, says:
Mr. Carlten haa sent for the report on
the Oconee river. He will, when it ar
rives, have a.hearing.
Mr. Carlton, after consultation with
Mr. Jones, introduced a bill providing
for the survey of the Savanaah and-Au
gusta.
Capt Tom Barney*has accepted a posi
tion on the Mfcon Sunday Timas and
Dailey News.
Fine Tixbeb.—The Georgia, Carolina
and Northern road, it has been decided
will pass through Maduoa county, via
Five Forks. This route will open qp
some of the finest timbered land in up
per Georgia, and pakf lumber cheap in
Athens. Large belts of forest pines ex
tend along the- survey, besides all man
ner of timbers incident to this latitude.
We learn that a few parties are new try-
ing to bur ap this tiwfaar.witka view
of making obig speculation when the
railroad comes. We advise- our friends
the Free State to hold oa to their
The debri# from the old town hall is
being cleared up, and Market street Will
ery soonhe leveled.
mmmm
Manufacture of Locomotive*.
The Baldwin locomofivo works, in
Philadelphia, last year turned out 653
locomotives, tho greatest number ever
turned out by any shop in tho samo time.
Tho highest previous record was at the
samo establishment in 1882, when 503
were turned out. Three thousand men
worked 304 days to make tlic 653 loco
motives, and they completed one for
every four hours and forty minutes of
working time. If stretched in a straight
lino the locomotives would reach five
miles. Since they were established in
1831 the works have turned out 8,975
locomotives.—New York Sun.
A Rescue In the Alp*.
During one of the violent storms in the
Alps, Grand, tho keeper of the hospice
on the St. Bernard, was seated by his
warm stove when his faithful dog be
came excited, showing that some traveler
was in distress^jjHth lantern and fog
bom G.^g^^^HwkakL'went out into
iund a man
armies, which had advanced in triumph
from the Ohio to tbe southernmost bend
ot the Tennessee, should suddenly have
become disorganized, as it were, the
whole military system paralyzed, and
that discord should suddenly have taken
tho place of harmony, and BneU’s army
start, on a parallel race with Bragg's, for
Louisville—all this has been a mystery, on
which this book
throws consider
able light.
On Jane 29,
1862, Buell ar
rived at Hunts
ville, Ala., where
his army had then
practically
centrated, and
Gen. Mitehel, his
second in com
mand, urged him
to move on at
once upon Chat
tanooga, “to seize
OEN. o. M. MITCHEL. the great lino of
railway” and then to supply tho army
there by tho single line from Nashville
via Stevenson and Bridgeport. To do
this Buell had 40,000 men eager for action,
besides those who could hold tho main
points In the rear and defend the railroad.
For threo days Buell hesitated and con
sulted, then agreed “to go to Bridgeport
and look over the ground.”
I will havo a train read for you to
morrow morning . at 7 o’clock,” said
Mitehel.
Buell declined to go so soon, and Mitehel
went at once to his tent and wrote this
dispatch to the secretary of war:
Finding it impossible to serve my country
longer under my present commander, I havo to
day forwarded, through him, my unconditional
resignation, and respectfully solicit leave of ab
ac© for twenty days.
The two generals parted without enmity.
Then followed two letters (Mitchel's not
hitherto published) .which show how differ
ently the two generals viewed the same
facts. On the 11th of Jnly Buell wrote
an explanation to Halleck, who bad
chided him for delay; on the 7th Mitehel
had written to Secretary Stanton detailing
his plan. The letters are admirable ex
ponents ot the characters of the two. The
net result was that the Federal army
waited quietly till Bragg had time to
bring forward recruits, organize a new
army and get well on his way through
east Tennessee to the Ohio. Twenty
years after, with no knowledge of
Mitchel's letters, Gen. Grant wroto in his
memoirs:
After th© capture of Corinth a movable force
of 80,(XL men could have been set In motion for,
any great campaign. In addition, fresh troojA
were being raised. • • • If he had been sent
directly to Chattanooga, it would have saved
much loss of life. Bragg would then have not
bad time to raise an army to contest tho posses
sion of middle and east Tennessee and Kentucky,
and the battles of Stone River and Chattanooga
would not necessarily have been fought.
Bat it was not so to be. The delay and
Its results the public knows. Other evi
dence shows that Mitehel was the first to
use cotton bales for pontooning, tbo first
to show how asingj^^gf railway
be made
rmy night and sooi
half frozen, and carried him to
After having recovered consciousness
the traveler said there were four more
men lost in the snow—hia father, two
brothers and a stranger. Grand and his
dog sallied forth again. After a search
of a quarter of an hour the stranger was
found and taken to the house. Again
man and dog proceeded on their errand,
and after a long and weary search suc
ceeded in finding the father and two
brothers close together in the snow. Ono
of them was so weak that Grand had to
carry him; tlie other two were able to
follow slowly. After four hours’ hard
work, tho hour of midnight being past.
Grand had all the men with him around
hia cheerful fire.—Chicago News.
Styles of Shoes,
OF THE
Best Make.
, GENERAL NF.W8,
Lynchburg haa had a terrible snow-
sfdrm, and business is paralyzed.
Macon has had a terrible time with a
mad-dog. Three people were bitten.
1 The Memphis and Charleston railroads
have cut rates to Anniston 40 per cent
It would be a profitable business to
raise horses and mules for the Han
cock market, in Hancock county.—Ish-
m&elitc. '
The winter has been so mild that
some of last year’s blackberry leaves are
still green. It looks odd to see green
leaves of two generations on the same
vine.
A negro woman named Ruth Woodall,
living on Mr. Batkin’s place, in Jones
county, made her two children drink
“Rough on Rats,” which caused the
death of one of the children.
There seems to be a fatality among
the horses in Augusta. During tho past
week the Augusta Progress has seen
three horses lying sick in the streets
within two blocks of each other.
Governor Wilson, of West Virginia,
has issued a requisition on Gov. Buck
ner of Ky., for twenty-eight men who
aro charged with having participated in
the killing of William Dempsy, in Lo
gan county, in tha fight between the
Hatfields and McCoys.
Col. Edward Hill, of Washington, Ga.,
announces himself as a candidate for the
legislature from the county of Wilkes.
He is a young man of honor and integri
ty, and is a democrat true and tried. He
is a graduate of Emory college and car-
°° n ‘ ries upon his shoulders a clear head,
while beneath his vest there beats a
warm and generous heart.
The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel says:
“Colonel Will Wallace Harney received
from Mrs Paul H. Hayne, of Grove-
town, Ga., the pencil used by her hus
band in cemposing his last poems: It
was sent in acknowledgement of a little
memorial poem of her husband written
by Colouel Harney and published in
Bivouac. The Colonel prizes this pen
cil very highly and will not allow any
one, not even himself, to write a word
with it. On the little German silver
rubber holder, which accompanied tho
pencil, Paul H. Hayne, is neatly en
graved.
Is New York, compulsory attendance
at the public schools is provided for by
law. 'I he State of New York spends
$15,000,000 a year on its public schools,
therefore there is no lack of accommoda
tion for all the children who will attend;
nevertheless the superintendent of edu
cation declares that there is a large and
constantly increasing illiterate class. In
a word, the law is not enforced and ho
asks that the pains and penalties for tu*. —
attendance be madl so severe upon the
parents of the children that they will
force the youngones to go to school, to
escape the pumehment that would fall on
them- the parents.
S. M. Wjston, of Grand Rapids, Mich
igan, has "recently purchased 4uo,(J00
acres of timber land in Louisiana. He
is of the opinion that I.ouisiaLa will con
trol the pine lumber trade for all tbe
markets south of the Ohio River. The
pitch pine or yellow pine takes prefer
ence OT»r pine from the Northwest, and
the pine lands of Louisiana are worth
$2,50 per zere, while those of Michigan
ire worth as high a* $75 per acre.—News
-S: Courier ,
A bill is now pending in Congress to ap
propriate $300,000 to furnish the post-
offices of the country.-^lith a machine to
t.'”Td and silver coin.
~ nee with a lang
d slots,which der
K ight. diamete-
j-ild and silver
coin below
eadily detec-
detect the weight qC.
1’he macM’; *
A Petrified RutTkto.
It is reported from Kansas that work
men, sinking a coal shaft near Belleville,
came upon a petrified buffalo in a re
markably good state of preservation and
completeness.—New York Sun.
Freshmen and Sophomore*.
^ The other night, at the concert of the
Yale Glee club, in New Haven, after the
first number on tho programme, the fresh
man class gave the audience te under--
stand that it was in existence. First
there came n shower of white and blue
cards from the galleries bearing the class
numerals “’91.” Then a curtain came
down from the flics, and it bore a blue
silk banner on which was "’91.” Then
a white dove flew across from the gallery
and perched above the stage, and it bore
fastened to its neck a card on which was
"’91.” Another dove followed, and then
several more, all labelled "’91.” Then
tho sophomores got in their work. They
toro down the banner, caught the doves
and subdued the freshmen, and the con
cert proceeded. There was a period of
forty minutes between the first and second
numbers on the programme.—New York
Sun.
The Merehandlw-Marbs Act.
It would seem that the merchandise-
marks act, which recently went into
effect in Great Britain, is enforced rather
arbitrarily by the English customs au
thorities. A largo number of bottles
made in Germany, but stamped to order
with the name of an English firm, havo
been seized at the custom house, the
claim being set up that German manu
facturers had no right to stamp an Eng
lish name on their goods. The firm that
had ordered the bottles had to get their
supply from English glass works.v-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
JEFFERSON.
Jeppkkson, reoruary 15.—Our dram
atic club played again last night to a
|* r B®.an<l appreciative audience at the
Martin Institute Hall. The play present
ed was “Kathleen Mavourneen,’ or “SL
Patrick’s Eve,” and the acting of Jeffer
son’s favorite. Miss Ada McElhannon,
wus op to her usual standard. Among
the new Stan presented behind the foot
lights was Missis Essie Cash and Myra
Hardy, who has already a fine reputation
for beauty and excellent acting. She iaa
beautiful blond and showed a perfect
conception of her part. The entertain
ment concluded with the farce “Freezing
a Mother-in-Law.” In this farce Mis*
Myra Hardy showed her bent acting.
Sh# was ably supported by E. M. Math
ews, Willie Hancock, S. T. doss and
Charlie Watson.
Among tho audience I wee glad te
notice Cols. R B Russell and H C Tuck,
of Athena, Col. J. M. Memo, of Mays-
Tills, CoL Simpkins, of Harmony Grove,
ex-Judge Estes, of Gainesville. The
handsome and popular bride of Col. E T
Brown was ont at the entertainment; the
patronage of onr visiting friend la highly
appreiated by our people.
Sacklen’s Arnica salve.
The best Salve In the word for Cute,
Bruisee*. Sores,Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fe
ver Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chil
blains Corns,, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re
quired. It ia guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box.
’or sale bvJohn Crawford.
John Miltoft** Cottas**
Her majesty tho queen of England haa
subscribed $300 toward the fund for the
purchase of tho cottage in which Milton
•—ote “Paradise Lost.” This is not a
very large Sum, hut it is four times as
much as Milton received for the poem.—
Harper's Bazar.
ig, coaid live upon tho
try, and that early in 1862 he laid
practicable plan for tbe occupation of cast
Tennessee.
Mitehel was ordered to Washington and
sent to South Carolina—to die. Grant
held on to his western command in grim
silence till the Halleck palsy was passed,
and the great opportunity came, and be
came the great hero of the war. Mitehel
knew that South Carolina was not tho
right field at that time, and the troops
sufficient for a great movement were not
sent him. Indeed hd did not ask for
them.
GEN. EDWARD S. BRAGG.
Ho Ha
The Condition or oua Fabhebs.—
From every county in this section of
Georgia cornea the most cheering news
•f oar farmers. These ia no doubt of
their being in a more prosperous condi
tion then ever since the war. ted most
of them the past year not only made ex
penses, but cleared soma money. Mer
chants report collections better then they
ever knew them before, snd fanners
have not oaly been able te meet their
new obligations, but paid something on
their old scores. There ia no doubt but
brighter times are ahead for the tillers of
eur soil.
The Sbntihent or Oub Fabxxbs.—A
gentleman who has traveled extensively
over this section of tbe State, tells tbe
Binner-Watchman that he never knew
the farmers so solid on an issue as they
are against tho repeal of the internal
revenue taxes and in favor of reducing
the tariff on the necessaries of life. Tho
•nly protectionists vou find are a few
alwyers and other professionals around
towns. If the iisue is forced, the far
mers of Georgia will make themselves
heard on thia issue. They ere weary of
being hewers of wood and drawers of
water for the manofectoren.
Advice to Kothers.
Mas. Winslow’s Soothing Strut
should always bo used for children teeth
ing. It soothes the child, softens the
gum^ allays all pain, cures rind colic
and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-five cents a bottle.
Lately Been Hade Minister to
Mexico.
Gen. Edward S. Bragg, who has been
appointed United States minister to Mex
ico, first became generally known outside
of his state during the session of the Chi
cago convention which nominated Mr.
Cleveland for the presidency.
Opposing John Kelly, who was resisting
the unit rule, which provided for the cast
ing ot tho vote of each state delegation
through its chairman, Gen. Bragg uttered
the wordy which attracted so much atten
tion at the time: “We love him for the
enemies he has mode.”
Gen. Bragg was born at Unadilln, N. Y.,
Feb. 20,1827. Ho
entered Hobart
college at Geneva,
N. Y., but after
studying three
years he left that
institution and
studied law in
Unadilla. In 1848
he was admitted
to the bar, and
soon after
moved to Fon du ;
Lac, Wis. In 1854
he was elected dis
trict attorney of GEN. E. s. BRAGG.
Fon du Lac county, in which capacity he
served two years. He was a delegate to
the Charleston convention of I860 as a
Douglas Democrat.
The civil war broke out the next year,
and Bragg eutered the service as a cap
tain, holding every rank up to that of
brigadier general. Ho served in the
Army of the Potomac, taking part in all
the campaigns ot that army, except tho
Peninsula, Gettysburg and Five Forks.
In 1866 ho was a delegate to tho Phila
delphia Union convention. In 1867 he
was elected to the Wisconsin state senato
and served one term. The next year ho
was a delegate to the soldiers’ and sailors'
convention at New York, which nomi
nated Horatio Seymour for president, and
in 1872 took part in the convention which
nominated Horace Greeley. He was
elected to the Forty-fifth congress, and
was twice re-elected.
Gen. Bragg is .* small man, but ex
tremely active and aggressive in debate.
DEAD7AND ALIVE AGAIN
Coasclouaness of a Young Lady Supposed
to Hava Bled-
A dispatch from Elkhart, Ind., says:
Tbe leading topic of conversation here is
the miraculous return to life ofa Miss
Crawford, an estimable young lady who
li es in the country a short distance
north *f here, and who is well known in
this city. She had been sick from
pneumonia for some time, and Saturday
night, while being held in her father’s
arms, exclaimed that she was dying, and
to all appearances life passed from her.
The family were plunged into the; deep
est grief, and when her death became
known neighbors went m end prepared
the body for burial. Several hours had
elapsed when the body gave evidence
of returning vitality to an extent that at
tracted attention, and efforts at resusci
tating were made with success that the
supposed corpse became fully concious,
and is nowjrapidly recovering - from sick
ness. She said that during the period
she was supposed to be dead is seemed
to her she was in a deep black pit strng.
gling to reach her father, and that at
erery effort failed until the final one,
When she regained consciousness.
Fine Serhon—Rev. C. D. Campbell,
tha able pastor of our Baptist church,
has been preaching a series of sermons
on punishment that have attracted con
siderable attention. On next Sunday
Dr. Campbell will conclude with on* of
tbe most forcible discourses he has yet
dalitared. The Baptist church will
doubtless be crowded. ' 1
E. Odum the 7-ye*r-old son ot H. W.
Odum last year saved^the East Tennes
see, Virginia and Georgia railroad
several dollars. A freight car was
standing down at the coal shute, near
Jesup, and tho little boy, when passing
by there, discovered that the car was on
fire and he ran back to town and reported
it in time to save the property.
Ayoung man who gave his name as
Rurton Spencer was arraigned in the rec
order's court yesterday for being drunk.
Spencer asserted that he didn’t drink a
drop, but slept on a bench near some
whiskey barrels and got drunk by absorp
tion. As the law does’t prescribe how
drunk shall come, the recorder imposed
a fine of $5-75.
Vermont is a good state to grow old
in. Ex-Governor D’llingham, aged 90
years,hos just been elected president of
a bank.—[New York Herald.] There is
a reason for.this appointment. The gov
ernor is too old to try tho Canada skip
inconnection with the banking buisness.
The Rev Mr Wassail has beei dis
missed from the pastorate of the Presby
terian Church at Mendon, Mass, because
he would not abstain from the uie ofa
pipe. As his salary was only $350, and
he is a young man. perhaps his dismissal
may prove a blessing in disguise.
Mr Watson, the designer of tho
Scotch cutter Thistle, has completed tho
design of a cutter similar to the Thist'e.
but to be built of composite instead of
steel. He has also finished the design
of a steel yacht which will have a centre
board.
A little son of M. P. Hoyl, of Dawson,
traded a pullet for thirteen eggs, then
paid for the use of a hen for three months,
afterward placing the eggs under the hen,
and the result was thirteen little chick
ens
Thk world is to be treated to another
electric wonder, after the order of Lu'a
llurst. Mrs. Haygood, of 'Miliedgeville,
is the new wonder; she has formed a
company and will make the tour of tho
world.
A largo block of wood, cut from an
immense oak tree near Owensboro Pasco
county, measuring 6 or 7 feet in diamo
ter, has been sent to the Sub-Tropic.
Exposition,
About Satilla river S. C., they grow
cabbage so large that they can’t ship
them in an ordinary flour barrel, but
have to use rice tierces, and three just
fill one of these.
JD -Jr»?nh Carles Rich; the Demjt_
critic nominee' for ...cy”- of MobitefAU
is only 28 years of age. He is a grad
uate of ihe Vanderbilt University, and a
lawyer in successful practice.
Machinery for a canning factory at
Quitman has been ordered and will havo
a capacity of 10,000 cans per day.
At Greenville, 8. C,, Thursday an in
teresting case of mistaken identity va
ried the monotony of the United States
Court. Isaac JIcLaughlin, a negro, was
arrested four months ago on the charge
of selling without a license. Ho has
been held in jail since that time, but
when witnesses were sworn in court to
testify against him, they testified that
the prisouer was the wrong man alto
gether. This brought the trial to an un
expected denouncement, and McLaugh
lin was released.
The more the Cullon bill, or any bill,
providing lor a government telegraph is
discussed, the more objectionable
becomes this scheme for taxing 59,1100
,090 peopleto furnish cheap telegrams for
l,000,C00who are engaged mostly in spe
culative enterprises. Senator Cullon has
overleaptd himself Instead of placa
ting the oponents of monopoly and inter
esting the laboring people in his bill, he
now finds that he has arrayed against
him the multitude of tax payers whose*
nothing In a government telegraph
except legislation for the benefit ofa
Very smal class of people.—Coorui
Journal.
Dr.- Long, of Newnan, has a brother in
Albania who presented him with a car
load, of coal last week. The freight
amounted to $58.